Vampy
Serious and honest answer to a normal post - so what is there to 'wind my neck in' about? Not everyone who posts here is 'having a go'.
I'll expand on what I mean though, as you obviously haven't grasped the 'nuances' of what I was getting at.
Job prospects - now, in almost any other business you enter on the ground floor and rise through the ranks to as far as you can. As ATCO's however we're in an interesting situation - we enter at a point where our 'prospects'
at one place (which is what the original poster referred to) to use the true sense of the word are limited. Controller - OJTI - Manager. You can improve pay and conditions by moving around, but on the whole that's about the normal 'prospects' for most of the profession. If the words used had been 'career progression' then the above answer is what would have been posted.
As for your comments about looking for both jobs at the same time - again, no need to be so venomous. In training our failure rate is higher than those wanting to be pilots (though our employment prospects are better when qualified).
If the guy wants to do ATC then go for it - I don't think he'll find a better job. What I said however still stands - make sure you really want it as it's that 'hunger' that can get you through the training (along with the hard work)
I'd get some of that tension offloaded Vampy - life's too short - chill
